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The McLennan Highlanders picked up their first conference win with a 76-63 victory over the Weatherford Coyotes on the road.

The Highlanders opened the game on a 4-0 run. Weatherford responded with a 7-0 run to take the 7-4 lead with 17:20 to play in the first half. The Coyotes extended the lead to seven, 17-10, three minute later. McLennan used a 10-0 over the next six minutes to take the 20-17 lead. Weatherford tied the game at 25 with 6:15 remaining in the first half and led 38-35 at the break.

The Coyotes took the first double-digit lead, 46-36, with 18 minutes to play in the game. The Highlanders began to rally and took the one-point lead, 54-53, on a Jerami Grace 3-pointer midway through the second half. McLennan continued to pull away, leading by as many as 14 down the stretch.

In women's action, the McLennan Highlassies moved to 2-0 in conference play with a 59-48 win over the Lady Coyotes.

The teams seemed evenly matched to start the game. McLennan led 18-14 at the end of the first quarter. The Highlassies began to pull away in the second quarter, using an 8-0 run down the stretch to take the 34-24 advantage into the break.

McLennan increased the lead to 15 with 2:52 to play in the third and held the 42-30 lead heading into the final period. Weatherford rallied in the fourth, cutting the lead to eight several times but it wasn't enough.